Desk penholder



Aug- 22" 1950- JQG. LIPPlNco'rT 2,519,675

DESK PEN HOLDER Filed Oct. 29, 1946 ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 22, 1950 pesa rENHoLDEn Joshua Gordon Lippincott, Scarsdale, N. Y., as.- ,signor toll.. E. Waterman Company. New York. N. Y., a .corporation of NewV York.v

Appiication October 29, 1946, Serial No. llftlfg (Cl. 120g-.103.;

'Ellis-invention relates toa desk pen set comprising; a base andr a pen holder. More..liliicn-VA larly. it relates to a desk pen set ofthe typeiin which the pen holder is universallyy adjustable at any desired angle relative tov the base. and in which the holder is maintained inthe desired position through frictional or force-exerting means. Generally. speaking, the invention come prises, in combination, a base havingV seating meansv thereon for receiving a holder movably supported inthe seating means, anchoring means on the base to aid in supporting the holder, and.

resilient or` tension-exerting connecting means for locking both the seatingV means and thaan choring means tothe base and. for `tensioning the holder to the base so as to provide frictional resistance to pivotal and rotational movement of the holder. Among other advantages, the device may belassembled by the single step ofY attach ingthe connecting means which serves. to hold the other. parts. together in their respectiveV asv sembled positions.

An object of, the inventionis to provide a desk. ruin` setof the kindA described. @ther objects and, advantages. will. appear. as the description prov. ceeds.

The invention. may be. more clearly understood by. referring to the accompanying drzwrinesv in which. is` shownvv a preferred form. ofthe invert.- tion and in which;

Fia 1 iste planview of the .devioehavine 'fi-Dolf tion. thereof broken away to revealthe interior? constrnction;

Fie. is an, enlarged vertical Sectional View taken .alonethe line 2-2 rif-Fie. 1;

Eig. 3 is a vertical sectional-view taken along the line 3:-3 ofklig- 22.

Fie- 1 isa bottom View of Fis` 3 iawhioh onli! theanchoring device and connecting means are show-n; and

Fig. 5 is a plan view lookingy down the open end ofthe bolderofFigs.l 1, 2: or 3.

shown in the drawings, the. desirV pon set comprises a holder Iv mov-ably supported onza basell.' Holder I0 has a pen retaining portion or receptacle l2 which has an open upper end end-a closed lower end. A t its closedy end the receptacle is provided with a` sternl orv stem poi--i tion I3. Receptacle l2 is also provided with a Shoulder i 4, upon which a penmay rest, and with alongitudinal groove l which connects vthe lower interior portion of the receptacle with thev atmospliere. Stem i3 has a threadedmportion. i5, to whichthe. receptacle is threadedly engaged. The lower. endof the stemfis curved or circular, bc-

2 ing formed into the-shape. of an annulus or ring lkeportion l1.

Base- Il, which may be of any desirable shape and'material, has a channel or opening 20 therethrough which may be counter-bored at each end to provide. enlarged cavities or counterbores 2| and 22'. Over the upper counterbore 2l seating Qrsupporting means are provided for receiving and. supporting the. holder I0. meansmay be in the form of a support or plate member 2'3, to which is attached` an annularly recessed ring 24, an annular groove or recess 25 boing formed between the member 23 and ring 24 in which the curvedor arcuate seat 265 is supported. The support member 23 may be circular in shape, as shown in Fig. 1, although it may have any other suitable form, and is provided with an opening 2 for receiving the stem portion I3 oi'holder l0. Member 23 is also provided with a recess 28 on the under side thereof in which the4 ring 24 is disposed., VThe seat '25 comprises. a 01m/od.V or arcuate member 2,5 for receiving the seat engaging member or annulus llZ of,v holderY l0. Member 29 has opstanding guildesA or ears 30 extending from both edges thereof` and. at each end is provided, with exten# sions 3|,` 32 for disposition in, groove. 25,'(Figs. 1 and 2).l

The seating means as described may. beassem.- bled beforehand by .inserting the seabi in the annular recess of` ring 2,4 and then fitting the ring andseat intoiihe recessv 28 on the under side of support member 23- The ring may then be secured to, the support member in any suit able manner, such as by brazing, as indicated at 33. is evident, the support. member is not attached'. t0. the. surface of base Il b nt simply restsandis free to move thereon. The ring 24, by virtuelof itsI attachment to the support mem.- ber.: is heldV out. of.A contact with the. bottom of carita 2.! and is. free to move within said cavity. Itrwillalso beevident that for practical purposes eport, member 23,rir1e 24. and Scemo com: prise, in4 their assembled form, a unitary seating irleansor1 structure, whichis rotatablein the base in; a manner hereinafter, described. seat 25., whichextends into the opening 26,15 free .to move therein and is, of course, rotatable with. said Seatingmeans.

With the.. seating means assembled as above described.- the holder i0 may be pvotally erf tacked thereto by instorting the` seat engaging portion. or. annulus l1v through opening 2l and restineitkin seatzt. The gugdesor ears aid Such seating in retaining the holder in the seat, without, however, preventing rotary movement of the annulus over the curved member 29 of the seat. Thereafter the seating assembly and the attached holder may be secured to base Il. To this end means are provided for tensioning the holder lil to base Il, as by resiliently connecting the seat engaging portion of the holder to a suitable portion of the base. According to the invention,base l I is provided with anchoring means to which said tensioning means may be secured. The anchoring means, which also serve to secure the seating means to the base, may be disposed in any suitable position on or in the base, but are preferably located on the side opposite the seating means. In the form shown the anchoring means may comprise a supporting or plate member 4G.

. gripping the seating and anchoring means-as described, the spring 43 effectively locks them to base Il, biasing them towards each other and restraining them against displacement from their respective counterbores. Coincidently with such action, spring 43 also resists self movement of the holder in seat 26, such as would result from the mere weight of the holder, by pulling on annulus Il and thus increasing frictional force encountered by the annulus in moving in the seat. The spring thus keeps the holder in a pivotable and rotatable position relative to the base.

In assembling the desk set, support member 23, ring 24, and seat 2E may be attached as described above, forming an integral seating structure.` Holder ID may then be secured to the seating structure as described, and then the hooked end 44 of spring 43 may be hooked over seat 26 and annulus I1. The resulting assembly can then be positioned in counterbore 2l of base Il, spring 43 being suspended in the opening'ZEl. Hooked end 45 of the spring may be drawn through the opening and hooked over bar 42 of member 40, and the latter then positioned in counterbore 22. As will be apparent, the desk set is assembled by means of the spring, which is the key part, and which serves to retain the set in assembled relation.

The operation ofthe desk set is simple and may be accomplished by rotating the holder.' whether inclined to the base or not, to any desired position about a vertical axis passing through opening 20, as illustrated in Fig. 1 by the dotted and full line positions of the holder. During such rotation, the seating means will also rotate, as will be understood. If the rotation is slight, the spring and the anchoring means may not necessarily rotate, as the spring may simply be coiled or uncoiled as a result of the rotation. However, it will be noted that the spring and anchoring means are rotatable, and if the holder is rotated extensively, theymay also be rotated. In addition, the holder may be moved in the seat 26 about a horizontal axis passing through the opening in annulus l1, as shown by the dotted and full line positions" of the holder in Fig. 2. By this combination of movements the holder` can be universally adjusted at any desired angle relative to the base.

It will be understood that the invention as described represents a preferred embodiment and that the invention is capable of various modifications within the scope thereof.

In the light of the foregoing description, the following is claimed:

' 1. In a device of the character described, in combination, a base having an opening therethrough, said opening having a counterbore at each end thereof, a supporting member covering said opening on one side of the base and rotatable in one of said counterbores, said supporting member having a seat attached thereto and extending into said opening, a holder supported on said base, said holder having a curved stem porthrough, a rotatable supporting member covering said opening on one side of the base, said supporting member having a seat attached thereto and extending into said opening, a holder supported on said base, said holder having a curved stem portion resting in said seat, a second rotatable supporting member covering said opening on the other side of the base, and means connecting said supporting members and rotatable therewith.

3. In a device of the character described, in combination, a base having an opening therethrough, said opening having enlarged upper and lower cavities at each end thereof, a holder supported on said base, an upper plate resting on said base and extending into said upper cavity, said plate being adapted to rotate on said base and in said upper cavity, said plate having an aperture to receive one end of said holder and also having a curved seat disposed beneath said aperture for supporting said holder, said holder end comprising a circular portion adapted to rotate in said seat, said seat having guides for retaining said circular portion therein, a lower plate disposed in said lower cavity and rotatable therein, and tension means in said opening urging said upper and lower plates towards each other.

4.*In a device of the character described, in combination, a base having an opening therethrough, said opening having enlarged upper and lower cavities at each end thereof, a holder supported on said base, an upper plate member resting on said base and extending into said upper cavity, said plate member being adapted to rotate on said base and in said upper cavity, said plate member having a seat for receiving one end of said holder, said holder end comprising a ringlike portion adapted to rotate in said seat, a lower plate member disposed in said lower cavity and adapted to rotate therein, and tension means in said opening connecting said upper and lower plate members and urging them towards each other.

5. In a device of the character described, in combination, a base having an opening there'- `through, a holder supported on said base, a rotatable upper plate member resting on one side of said base, said plate member having a curved seat extending into said opening, saidv lholder having a curved end portion adapted to rotate in said seat, a rotatable lower plate member disposed on the other side of said base, and tension means in said opening for connecting said curved end portion of the holder to said lower plate member.

6. In a desk pen set comprising a movable holder and a base therefor having an opening therethrough, the combination of seating means resting on the base over one side of said opening for receiving the holder, anchoring means on said base over the other side of said opening, and a tension spring in said opening, said spring having an attaching portion at one end for connecting the same to said anchoring means and 15 to the movement of the holder relative to the base.

" JOSHUA GORDON LIPPINCOIT.

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